Rebirth Online World

 

The room was kind of dark and you could see very detailed pieces of furniture laying around. The bed was king sized and there was a giant mirror to the left of the room with a lot of other cosmetics for body care.

– Ehmm… Master James, do you have a queen of heart ?

The woman asked as she nervously glanced my way, using her hand of cards to hide half of her face… I looked at my own hand and replied :

– Yes, I have one here.

I pulled the card out of my hand and gave it to the female slave that was sitting on the opposite side of me; next to her were the other female slaves and next to me sat my escort. We were all positioned in a circle, each of us holding a hand of cards…

As I gave the card to the beautiful woman with long black hair and round blue eyes, she seemed a bit surprised and I could also see a sign of fear coming from her… But in the end she silently muttered to me…

– I… I won Master James…

I smiled at her but realized she couldn’t see that smile because of my mask so instead I tried to talk as gently as possible and said :

– Good ! How about we play again ?

The woman picked up on my gentle voice and I could see a slight raise of her lips, almost non-existing, but still there as she nodded to me. The others also seemed to be a bit more at ease and we continued to play card games.

The reason we were sitting here playing cards was because I felt very uncomfortable laying down on my bed while they stayed next to me; at first when I saw them I asked them to leave very politely but that made the woman even more frightened as they begged me to let them stay in the room. They even insisted on doing everything other than leaving the room and one by one started to approach me, almost stripping me from my clothes. I was a bit panicked and was able to stop them from stripping me by asking them to play a game of cards with me…

At first they seemed a bit confused but followed my request and like that we all ended up sitting on the bed, playing cards…(sigh)

As I started shuffling the cards the women around me were quiet and just watched me; there was not a single sound or discussion around us. The atmosphere was very awkward, on top of that I didn’t want to start asking questions like “where did you come from” or “what is your hobby”… This kind of question was bound to be hurtful to the opposite party, seeing that the only reason these girls were in this room was to pleasure me…

As I was about to finish shuffling the cards, I could see my escort who was sitting beside me move her legs for a bit; we were all sitting in a formal seiza position and she was probably not very comfortable . I could see the others equally discomforted by the way they were sitting but no one wanted to change their position, it was as if their life depended on it… Maybe it was ?

I made a small coughing sound after which the girls started to look more attentively toward me and asked them :

– So what are your names ?

– …

I didn’t move my eyes from the cards as I was shuffling them while I asked that question but I could see on the corner of my eyes that some of the women seemed to be very confused and surprised about why I had asked such question. After another 20 seconds or so, the first to answer came from my escort who sat beside me as she said :

– My… My name is Christina Valera…

I could see she was very nervous and tried to hide that part of her as she was talking but it didn’t work very well, but at the same time when she noticed I wasn’t paying attention… She seemed to be very relieved about it… So her name was Christina ?

I took a slight glance at her and observed her long dirty blond hair with blue eyes, her skin was slightly tanned, making her a bit more striking. She had rosy lips and round eyes which made her very good looking.

Seeing Christina’s courage, the others were a bit envious of her… Until another woman suddenly introduced herself :

– My name is… Angela White…

She looked down while she said that so I just nodded to her which put her at ease for the moment. Out of all the women, she seemed to be the youngest and most fidgety.

Once this girl introduced herself, everyone else started introducing themselves. There were some who told their names more proudly than others and I could tell they were starting to at least open up to me instead of staying awkwardly silent. After another 10 minutes we all introduced ourselves with names and age; of course I didn’t tell them my real age or name in this matter and I could tell they all knew about it too for some reason…… Womanly instincts are really scary sometimes you know ?

– So where did you all come from…?

I froze for a second… And glanced at Christina who asked that question and then I looked at the others to see their reactions… They didn’t seem to be overly hurt by the question but I could see a lingering line of sadness in their eyes. Christina on the other hand didn’t seem to be really that emotional about the question and like last time started with herself with a wry smile while scratching her head :

– I actually came from the mages’ circle…

She said a bit regretful I could also hear a bit of anger mixed in her words; it was too faint for the others to hear…

– You see, the reason I ended up in this place is because I was asked to investigate a case where someone went missing… Well it’s not really a mystery for someone to have gone missing in this kind of place but the person who disappeared was someone very important so it had to be dealt with and investigated; anyways, long story short, it turned out my supervisor, who actually gave this mission to only me, lied and tried to send me to this place for me to get killed. He hired some assassins to kill me the moment I arrived here but he probably didn’t need to do so ain’t I right ?

Her attempt of making a joke wasn’t really helping as everyone already knew that was actually the case… She was a bit ashamed, coughed for a bit and continued her story :

– Anyway, the assassins sure did catch me but they didn’t kill me when they caught me : instead they judged it would be a waste, sold me as a slave and probably told that bastard I was dead, collecting the coins for it too…

– Why did the guy want you dead ?

I asked a bit untactful, but I never liked holes in a story (it might come from reading a lot of books I guess)? I had already put the deck away to the cupboard, no one seemed to have noticed it or cared anyway.

Christina looked at me for a second staring at my eyes. She wasn’t able to see my expression but she was trying to find something… She finally seemed to have found it as she sighed and said :

– My family is actually quite famous, you see… I was going to succeed my house as the new head but my supervisor who was a member of one of our branch families didn’t seem to like that idea and wanted to get rid of me…

She said a bit regretful…

I could understand her story : in the end it was another person’s greed that brought everyone here and it was truly regretful but I couldn’t say she didn’t see it coming; she must have had some kind of suspicion when she accepted the mission from her supervisor but she didn’t seem to have bothered to ask the details and just went for it, making her an idiot in the end that got preyed on by the others.

As she finished her story, we stayed silent for another few seconds until someone knocked at the door.

(Knock Knock)

– Who is it ?

I asked and after some time I could hear a familiar voice resound through the door… Chase.

– Master James ! Food is ready if you’d like ?

The women around me started to turn pale and some even started to panic as they started to take off all of their clothing, making me confused on where to look. Even Christina was starting to strip and getting behind the blanked…

I sighed and just removed my shirt; surprisingly when I did so the mask wasn’t in the way, making it a lot easier.

I started walking toward the door half naked and, with a calm manner, I opened the door where I saw a woman with silver hair and with a sweet wide smile on her face which quickly turned to lust as she watched my muscle lined chest… Well honestly I was quite skinny if you had to say it but because I always trained myself in the prison, my body had some very visible and rough edges to it, becoming more lined…

I glanced at the table beside Chase : there was a lot of food on top of it, a bit too much for one person I thought… I looked to my side where the naked women tried to look as suggestive as possible. I didn’t try to peek at them but noticed that all of them had their saliva running down their mouth from the aroma that was coming from the food… For some reason, this image of beautiful naked woman with very hungry looks on their faces seemed very wrong to me, so I turned toward Chase and said :

– I’ll take it from here, you can leave…

As I grabbed the handle of the wheeled table, I could see Chase coming closer to me; her hand was touching my chest. Her touch was ice cold and I almost flinched when she did so… I looked up, meeting her lustful eyes as she spoke :

– Master James, honestly saying this humble servant of yours has a tiny request… I am very sorry if am troubling you with your business…

She said alluringly.

I noticed her grip was getting a bit stronger so I quickly took her hand off me and asked her coldly :

– Get to the point, little girl.

She didn’t seem to like it but she also didn’t want me to get angry, that was obvious.

– You see, tomorrow my sisters will be coming for a visit and I would like you to join us for dinner, even a short visit is okay and…

– Alright I’ll see what I can do.

And with that said, I quickly pulled the table in the room and closed the door on her face… I could hear the sound of her grumbling as she left. The women also started to put their clothes on while sighing. The youngest one called Angela was looking at me, red to the face, as she put her clothes on.

(Chika Chika)

I pulled the wheeled table into the room. As I did so, the sweet steam that came from the many different dishes enveloped the room; the eyes of the women were completely fixated on the table, almost ready to jump at it but they didn’t because they also feared the consequences that would come. I only took an apple from the bowl of fruits on the table I said :

– Help yourself !

And as I finished saying that, the women quickly jumped from the bed and started eating with delish, some even started to cry while tasting the soup…

I bit into the apple and sat onto the couch while looking at the women… I didn’t know why I was so nice to them but I could sympathize with them for some reason… Was it because of imprisonment ? I wondered.

They kept eating for another hour and when they finished, they realized how they must have looked and quickly sat down in a seiza as to not continue looking like they did. Overall I didn’t mind and told them I was going to take a nap; they all looked a bit embarrassed for some reason and started to stand up once again, stripping.

– Hey hey hey ! I am not talking about that kind of “nap” I am talking about actually sleeping normally, so I am taking the couch. You can use the bed if you want so good night.

I didn’t give them the chance to rebut as I started to nod off; it was a really tiring day and I didn’t want it to continue; another thing to add was that I wasn’t worried about them killing me at night : they didn’t have the guts to do so and on top of that I was able to build a basic understanding between ourselves so killing me should be out of question now… As I said, the reason I let them stay was because of pity, nothing else.

With that thought, I started to travel to the worlds of dreams which turned out to be a nightmare…

=================Christina’s P.O.V==================

As I wanted to tell him to take the bed, I noticed he was already starting to nod off… What a troublesome man, I thought…

– Haha but he is kind…

I laughed at myself as I watched him; his upper body was exposed and I knew he would catch a cold like that.

– Everyone, help me carry him to the bed.

Everyone nodded to my suggestion. No one seemed to be against it as their eyes shone, and like that, we carried him to bed. He was sleeping very deeply and I was a bit worried because he didn’t eat so much, only a apple…

– Arrhh..

He moaned as he slept. No one was about to sleep just yet, everyone just stayed where they were and observed this guy… He almost lookd like a little boy for some reason…

The youngest in this group, Angela was still fidgeting for a bit as she looked at him shyly and said :

– Do you guys think… He can take one of us ?

She said shyly.

Her voice held hope and longing; her idea was something we all hoped in our hearts. He was like an angel sent to lessen the burden in our lives… He was strange, he took weird sympathy on us as if he himself had led a life such as ours… Maybe he had, who knew ? But that didn’t matter… Even now I remembered how he gave me his hand, his words were almost enchanting when he asked me if I would still be his escort. Now that I was thinking about it, I was hesitant at first; of course you would be with someone of his standing…

I glanced toward the couch where his jacket was, I could see the line of his badge sticking out of the pocket even thought the collar hindered me from using magic, it never fully locked it so I could tell by one glance that it was infused with the power of an archfiend… Meaning he was a member of the broken brotherhood which had only 666 members… I remembered the incident with that guy losing his leg… Haha, even now I could laugh at that ! I remembered the days when he casually harassed me , touching me in weird places and even tripping me, which was his favorite move. He never really got to truly take me which I was glad about and today he got what he deserved…

– Maybe or maybe not, we can’t truly know who is… Maybe he is trying to play with us and then take our hopes away…

No one in this room truly believed in what I just said, not even me… I was trying to see it as bad as possible and knew that keeping hope was the last thing to do in this kind of place; spouting such selfish ideas of freedom when hop was almost non-existing, we could only hope to at least live another day to experience it all over again…

Even now we were all in danger in the eyes of the public we were the so called “untouched goods” and staying that way gave me hope to keep my sanity and not succumb to despair… After all, it had been 2 years since I was here. I was almost reaching the age of 20 and I still didn’t have a boyfriend…

I was truly idiotic not to have seen Christopher’s plan : at the very beginning I also felt disgusted of myself that I had loved him and unquestionably agreed to the mission… Haha, there were really things that should not be said, even when I told him my story I knew I never wanted to show anyone my weak side, not even to him… But at the same time I wanted to cry, to let my troubles onto his chest when he asked… I was probably just being desperate but in the end it was true that this guy was the first to have ever shown compassion over these hard 2 years of struggle….

I looked at the guy again… His name wasn’t James, nor was he 31 years old : his skin coloration and mold were too fresh to be so old and I knew he was lying once he started to talk about his name. Over the years, I could tell what was real and what not. It’s a skill you had to develop in order to survive in this place…

– Aghhh !

He moaned strongly… What ? He was starting to sweat, was he having a bad dream ?

I suddenly found myself touching his head, only to realize I was feeling the cold and smooth surface of his mask… That was another thing that was strange about him : he never showed his face but I knew he was just too young… He probably didn’t want anyone to see him so they wouldn’t recognize him. That was understandable…

– I want to see his face…

Murmured one of the girls, more than one of them nodded at her suggestion, watching him intently… Maybe they were thinking something on the line of at least having him for once before he would leave; they might as well try to rape him while he was asleep so the others guys wouldn’t get their hands on them… I really wanted to tell them that doing it was bad… And at the same time I felt the same… I also wanted to have my first time with him but I knew it was wrong to do so; he obviously didn’t have any interest in us… But if I couldn’t do so… Could I at least see his face ?

Unconsciously, my hand was traveling up his soft chest to his throat about to grip his mask. The other girls also saw me doing it but no one tried to stop me… Everyone wanted it so why shouldn’t we ?

As I was about to pull his mask, suddenly a memory resurfaced to my mind… It was James holding out his hand for me with his gentle golden eyes as he said to me :

– Aren’t you still going to escort me ?

Another memory got through : this time we were sitting in the carriage as he told me :

– Stop smiling until we get to our destination.

As I thought about it, I loosened my grip on his mask and looked at the other girls; shaking my head I said :

– I don’t want to betray his trust in me… Breaking his trust would hurt me much more than him leaving…

They all looked at me and then back at him… And slowly all the girls nodded their heads, sighing heavily.

– I don’t want this to be a dream…

The youngest whispered.

She was here for over 6 years and turned 15 today; she had long black hair and small round brown eyes, making her petite statue look very cute. She always avoided men because she feared them but today she took her courage and talked to this man who turned out to be pretty decent. Originally when everyone got into this room, they probably thought it was the end of their line, their last defense breaking down. In this very moment they probably didn’t think it would be a saint instead of a beast… Haha.

– I don’t want it to be either…

I said as I held the back of his head, touching his shoulder long hair. I just knew he might look very attractive with his golden eyes combined with his raven black hair… I knew I wanted to live for this at least…

– I will make it happen… I will somehow, so please accept us…

I muttered as I placed his head onto my lap. His sweet sleeping noise resounded throughout the room as we quietly watched him, not even a thought of sleep crossed my mind… It was the same for the others…

==================Dawn’s P.O.V===================

It was hot very hot… It was as if I was being baked in an oven but I wasn’t dying. It was just an unending stream of hotness… Where was I ? What was I doing ? Why was it so hot ? I thought for a second…

(CRIEK)

A cry ! The sound of a bird, where ? I couldn’t see nor move, I could only feel and it was hot… What was going on ?

As I thought so, I could feel that I was moving my head… Something was restraining my movements ? My head started to peck onto the thing that was obstructing my way and after another few seconds the wall finally broke, revealing light !

– HOT HOT HOT HOT !

I yelled but I couldn’t hear my voice ? Anyway the light was hot as it shined onto me; it was almost unbearable and made me think about suicide more than once. After a few minutes that seemed to last hours of inhuman torture, the hotness finally stopped, replaced by sudden coolness…

I also got to see something other than light but the moment my eyes adjusted to it, I could see something even more terrifying…

(WHOOSH)

As I looked up to the sky, I could see a giant black ball of fire coming at me; even from here I could feel the familiar hotness coming from it but this time it gave me a sense of dread… Where the hell was I ?